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Jen Helstad

I'm a child of God, wife, mother, and teacher from Wisconsin. My husband and I met at Bible college and have been married for 22 years. God blessed us with three wonderful children, but our middle child, Blaire (pictured with me), has left us and was promoted to heaven November 19, 2024. Our heartbreaking loss prompted me to start this blog and share examples of Godly people from the Bible who came before us on how they worked through their loss. My hope and prayer is that this blog will be a blessing to you and help you through your loss.

David & Bathsheba's First Son Promoted to Heaven

Apr 09, 2025 by Jen Helstad

Royalty.

Adultery.

Loyalty.

Battle.

Hypocrisy.

Confrontation.

Remorse.

Grief.

Death.

Loss.

The historical account of David and Bathsheba’s affair 3000+ years ago came with far reaching consequences, the most immediate being the death of their son.

Even possessing deep faith, wealth, titles, beauty and accomplishments do not exempt any one from suffering loss on this earth.

Suffering is not unique to any one time period—it reverberates across the ages and among all humanity.

In my first ever blog post, I’m going to share 5 important lessons from loss that we can learn from a famous king whose been dead for 3000 years!